holiday fun

12/07/2015

Hi! If you are looking for a fun Christmas craft/project, check out this blog post (click on link above) on making ornaments! I know my girls would love the sparkle and fun, not to mention the glitter!

11/29/2015

Hi friends! This is Amber from Crazy Little Projects here to kick off the holiday season with a fun, cute and simple Christmas project.

I’m excited for the holiday season (truth is, I am already fully involved in baking, shopping, and crafting for Christmas!) – I love putting little gifts in jars and I love covering things in glitter. Put those things together and throw some chocolate inside and it can’t be beat! Here are some Christmas Treat Jars:

Once your red glitter is dry, wrap a piece of black ribbon around the jar and hot glue it in place. Cut a square slightly larger than your ribbon and cut out the center of the square to make a belt buckle. Hot glue that in place and then fill it up with candy!

These look fun to make with the kids... if you can handle glitter of course! Not sure I would use them for food treats, but super cute for a family craft and for decoration. My girls LOVE glitter - so guessing these will be a big hit in our house, well, that is until my husband see the glitter :)

07/04/2013

Okay, so if you are like me this 4th of July, you have been so busy enjoying summer the holiday snuck up before you even realized it was July. I was on Pinterest yesterday looking for a recipe and I saw all the fun, holiday craft projects. I felt a little disappointed I didn't take the time to do a 4th of July art project with the kids, but then I realized it's not too late to break out the craft supplies... (really is it ever too late to do art with the kiddo's?) I took a glance and realized how many cute, EASY projects I could do in a short time. And thanks to www.busybeekidscrafts.com I found a great 4th of July art project that was perfect for my little one's (ages 6 & 3).

Below is the Q-Tip Fireworks art project I selected, and I've add my notes and pictures.

Supplies:

• Q Tips • Water • Small containers (#will depend on how many colors you make. We did 4)• Food coloring (Your choice of colors)• Plate (or something to put colored Qtips on while they dry)• Black construction paper (Really can be any color, but black does look great) • Glue

Here's how you make them...

1. Cut your Q Tips in various sizes. You can actually break them off pretty easily with your hands.

2. Now you will need to color you Q Tips. Put some water in a small container and add food coloring (6-8 drops is good). Keep in mind that the more food coloring you add the more vibrant your swabs will be!

Dip your swabs in to the colored water and place on a plate. (We just put them right in the water and let them sit for 30 - 60 seconds, giving them a couple stirs, then pulled them out with a spoon. Easy, fast and my 6 yr. was able to help.) Repeat for as many colors of fireworks as you'd like.

3. If you are not doing this craft right away, or have time to prepare ahead of time, you can leave your swabs out to dry overnight. If you need them to be dry quickly you can put them in the microwave, on high for 5-6 minutes, or until they are dry. (We don't have a microwave, so we put them outside in the heat to dry for an hour while the little one was napping. Worked great.)

4. On a piece of black paper glue your Q Tips in a circular pattern. For younger children it will be easier if you draw a black dot on the paper and instruct them to glue their swabs all pointing to the dot in the middle. (For my 3 yr. old I let her decide what shape she wanted and let her go at it. Her fireworks are lines. She had a blast. There is NO right or wrong way to do this project, let the kids have freedom to create their own masterpiece. As for the glue, my 6 yr. old was putting glue on the back of the Q tip, but quickly figured out it is easier to put glue on the paper where you want it, then press the Q tip into the glue.)

Make as many different fireworks as you can, make them all different colors, sizes and patterns! My 6 yr. old added "people" watching the fireworks to her project.

If you don't have time today to make this craft for 4th of July, you really can make it for any celebration, and don't forget about New Year's.